Window-sash fastener.



R. J. BURLBW. WINDOW SASH FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 26, 1912.

1,056,003, I Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0..WASHINUTON. D. c.

RICHARD J. BURLEW, 0F OLI VE BRANCH, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

Application filed November 26, 1912. SerialNo. 733,664.

and durable fastening to resist attempts to enter from the outside.

Another object is to provide a simple fastening capable of being readily attached; to any window at any time, and attached and operating upon novel principles.

Another object is to provide fastening means to hold the sashes in different relative positions from closed to open, and to positively lock the fastening means to each sash.

Another object is to provide fastening means not readily tampered with from the exterior.

My invention also comprises certain details of form, combination and arrangement, all of which will be fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figures 1 and 2 represent in plan view opposite halves of a window illustrating modified forms of my improved sash fastener. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 4) o of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view taken through the lower sash on line 2 z of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the locking bar illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4 detached. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the locking bar illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 detached. Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view illustrating a modification in which the locking bar is positively latched to the lower sash. Fig. 8 is a detail sec-' tional view illustrating a modification.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the preferred embodiments of my-invention.

As illustrated in Figs. 1, 3, and 6, A represents a window frame, B the upper sash, and D the lower sash, which is provided with one or more recesses 2 in one of the stiles. A looking or fastening bar E substantially of the form illustrated in Fig. 6 is bent at the upper end and provided with a shoe 3 which is seated against the inner face of the upper sash and fastened thereto by screws. The bent upper portion 4 when the sashes are closed seats against the fac- 1 ing strip 5 attached to the top or lintel of v are in full open position to engage beneath r the lower edge of the lower sash.- When the lower end of bar E is in engagement with the upper recesses 2 the two sashes are locked together in the closed position, and any upward pressure on the lowersash is resisted both by the attachment of bar E to the upper sash and also by the engagement of part 4: of bar E against the window frame.-

When the sashes are counterweighted and the end 6 of bar E is engaged with one of the lower recesses 2 or under the lower edge of sash D, the two sashes are locked together and may be moved up or down together to leave an open space either above or below. When the sashes are similarly locked together and are not counterweighted, an opening is left above the upper sash. In order to move the end 6 from one position of adjustment to another, the bar E is sprung away from the lower sash by hand until the member 6 clears the recess 2 after which the sashes are adjusted to a new position and the member 6 engaged in a new position.

In the modification Fig. 7, D represents the stile of the lower sash in a recess in the inner face of which is seated a metal housing 10 which has a recess 2 to receive the inwardly bent lower end 6 of the fastening bar E, the upper end of which is similar to that illustrated in Fig. 6, and attached relative to the upper sash and window frame as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3. A spring actuated latch bar 11 is seated in the housing 10 in position for its forward end 12 to engage a notch 14 in the end of member 6 to positively lock the member 6 in the recess 2 to prevent the two sashes being accidentally disengaged or tampered with from the exterior. A knob 15 enables the latch bar 11 to be retracted when it is desired to release the member 6. p

In the modification Figs. 2, 4C, and 5 the fastening bar H is designed to lock the upper and lower sashes together only in the closed position. The bar H is attached to the upper sash B and relative to the window frame substantially in the manner heretofore described by means of a foot 16 secured by screws to the upper portion of the upper sash. A recess 17 is formed in the upper end of one of the stiles of the lower sash K, and the lower end of the bar H is sprung inwardly slightly so as to firmly seat in the recess 17 when the sashes are brought to closed position. When it is desired to open the window the lower end of bar H is sprung by hand out of the recess l7, and while the sashes are in openpositlon bears against the face of the stile 'dow as desired, or at both sides if desired.

My improved mechanism as herein illustrated and described is capable of considerable modification without departing from the principle of my invent-ion.

I-I'aving described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In combination with a window frame and upper and'lower sashes, a fastener comprising a bar attached at one end to the upper portion of one sash and extending out' of the path of travel of the lower sash to. the upper portion of the opposite sash, said bar being bent at the upper end so as to engage the lintel of the window frame when the sashes are in closed posit-ion, the

Qopies of this patent may he obtained for free end of said bar being in position to engage a recess in the stile of one of said sashes to lock said sashes together in closed position.

2. In combination with a window frame, upper and lower sashes, the stile of one of said sashes being provided with a plurality of sockets, and a fastener comprising a bar attached at one end to the upper portion of one sash and extending out of the path of travel of the lower sash to the upper portion of the opposite sash, the free end of said bar being in position to selectively engage said respective sockets in the stile of one of said sashes to lock said sashes in different relative positions.

3. In combination with a window frame, an upper sash, and a lower sash provided with a plurality of recesses in the inner face of one of its stiles, a vertically disposed locking bar occupying a position out of the path of travel of the lower sash, bent at its upper end and rigidly attached at said upper bent end to the upper sash, said bent upper end being in position to engage the lintel of the window frame when the sashes are in closed position, the free lower end of said bar being in position to engage the respective recesses in the stile of said lower sash, and to be disengaged therefrom by hand to differently adjust said sashes.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD J. BURLEWV.

Witnesses FRANCES C. BURLEw, ALICE A. BURLEW.

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